Peter Doig: a free spirit captured in Scottish National Gallery’s retrospective
1 May 2013 • Mark Westall
Strange and poetic figurative art of the Trinidad-based painter Peter Doig will be showcased in exhibition of 120 works
Tag: Art News
Art News is where you can find all the cool art stuff: exhibitions, and events we have found globally. Interviews and thought pieces all chosen by FAD magazine.
Michael Landy: patron saint of destruction
29 April 2013 • Mark Westall
Decapitations, tooth-pullings, chargrillings … the lurid deaths of saints in paintings were what caught Michael Landy’s eye when he took over as artist-in-residence at the National Gallery. Charlotte Higgins visits his studio to play with his mechanised martyrs
Fiona Rae; New Order: British Art Today – review
28 April 2013 • Mark Westall
Towner Gallery, Eastbourne; Saatchi Gallery, London
Mystery of missing art of Pauline Boty
28 April 2013 • Mark Westall
Boty was a central figure in Swinging London in the 1960s. As a new show aims to restore her forgotten reputation, the hunt for her lost paintings goes on
Mat Collishaw: still sensational
27 April 2013 • Mark Westall
It’s 25 years since Mat Collishaw burst on to the art scene alongide Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin. And his work is still as appalling and as moving as ever
Andy Warhol lost then found: tender portrait of artist in 1981
25 April 2013 • Mark Westall
British photographer Steve Wood saw the truth about Warhol, writes Jonathan Jones
Rachel Whiteread and the decaying streets of Palermo – the week in art
19 April 2013 • Mark Westall
John Riddy’s images of a tumultuous Sicilian city land in central London, with the Deutsche Börse Photography prize lining up nearby – all in your weekly artistic dispatch
Pardon? What Modern Toss’s F***yeux tapestry says about Britain today
18 April 2013 • Mark Westall
A world-record attempt to cram as much depravity as possible into one artwork shows how little has changed since the Bayeaux Tapestry
Bedwyr Williams: why I’m taking a space observatory to Venice
15 April 2013 • Mark Westall
As a child he was mocked for his love of model railways. Now Welsh artist Bedwyr Williams is at the Venice Biennale with his tribute to amateur astronomists. Stuart Jeffries meets a champion of the hobbyist
Artists to hold own party conference to discuss cuts and education
14 April 2013 • Mark Westall
After day’s events come to a close at Scarborough Spa, there will be an all-night party, followed by breakfast on the beach
Rachel Whiteread still casts a spell
12 April 2013 • Mark Westall
With her new London exhibition featuring casts of the common garden shed, the artworld veteran makes us slow down our thoughts and attend to the world’s smallest details
Rare John Keats portrait comes to auction
10 April 2013 • Mark Westall
Miniature showing an unfamiliar view of the poet, probably painted from life, to go on sale next month
Artist-activist Liz Crow’s ‘bed-out’ for disabled rights
10 April 2013 • Mark Westall
Liz Crow appeared on Trafalgar Square’s fourth plinth dressed as a Nazi. This week, she’s living the most private part of her life in a gallery. Here she explains why
Ilya and Emilia Kabakov: The Happiest Man; Two Mountains – review
9 April 2013 • Mark Westall
Ambika P3; Sprovieri Gallery, London
Le Corbusier’s Cité Radieuse rooftop gym transformed into art space
8 April 2013 • Mark Westall
French designer Ora-Ïto is converting the famous Marseille roof terrace into a haven for contemporary art
Portrait of Francis Bacon’s violent lover to be auctioned at Sotheby’s
8 April 2013 • Mark Westall
Francis Bacon’s powerful painting of Peter Lacy just months after his death will go up for auction on May 14
Andy Warhol’s iconic New York anti-films come to London
5 April 2013 • Mark Westall
Warhol’s most famous movies – including Sleep, a five-hour film of his lover dozing – perfectly capture the avant garde New York of the Velvet Underground and the Chelsea hotel
Madonna sells Fernand Léger painting to raise money for girls’ education
4 April 2013 • Mark Westall
Sotheby’s announces auction of Cubist work to support projects in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Tate removes Graham Ovenden prints after indecency conviction
4 April 2013 • Mark Westall
Ovenden was found guilty of six charges of indecency with a child and one of indecent assault at Truro crown court
Cult artist Marcel Dzama: ‘I try not to censor myself’
3 April 2013 • Mark Westall
When Hollywood stars like Jim Carrey and Nicolas Cage started buying Marcel Dzama’s work, what did the Canadian artist do? Apply for a job at Walmart. He didn’t get it
Fabrice Hyber: but is it fruit?
27 March 2013 • Mark Westall
Fabrice Hyber has filled the Baltic with vegetable men, mini-weather systems and a salt mountain. Is he just trifling with us?
Bernadette Corporation: ‘Don’t have sex with each other’
25 March 2013 • Mark Westall
New York art provocateurs Bernadette Corporation tell Jason Farago the key to running a successful collective: dress for work, learn proper manners – and keep your hands to yourself
Anish Kapoor and Antony Gormley donate works for Labour auction
22 March 2013 • Mark Westall
Actor Sir Patrick Stewart and author Sarah Waters also offer prizes at party’s first annual arts dinner